Polyglot Dictionary

embouteillage

/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jaʒ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les embouteillages

Meaning

  1. traffic jam

    • Ils restent des heures dans un embouteillage.

      They sit in a traffic jam for hours.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Stau

Stau is the German word for the same thing — both mean "traffic jam."

Spanish

atasco

atasco is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "traffic jam."

Spanish

embotellamiento

embotellamiento is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "traffic jam."

Practice

1 What does embouteillage mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils restent des heures dans un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches embouteillage?

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